Following the recent addition of the North Wyke Farm Platform in Devon to ECT’s register, a new webpage for the experiment is now available. The platform is available for use by the wider ecological community and you can access contact information via the new page.
Read MoreRainDrop Experiment Update by Laura McManus & Andy Hector. The RainDrop team take stock of progress with the experiment in 2019 and look forward to the 2020 growing season.
Read MoreECT’s December newsletter is now published. This issue headlines with the addition of another LTE to ECT’s register - the North Wyke Farm Platform at Rothamsted Research in Devon. Note also ECT’s fundraising campaign Growing ECT’s Capacity.
Read MoreA new page is now available on the ECT website for the Thursley Common long-term nitrogen deposition/land management experiment on Natural England’s NNR in Surrey. Follow the link above for new detail on the history, impacts and future potential of this valuable LTE research site, started in 1989.
Read MoreECT’s fifth webinar is coming up on 2 December, featuring guest speakers Simon Caporn and Chris Field from Manchester Metropolitan University on the long-term field experiments at Little Budworth Common and Ruabon Moor. For further details and joining instructions, register via our ‘Webinars’ page.
Read MoreECT has registered the Farm Platform long-term experiment at Rothamsted Research’s North Wyke site in its national network of active LTEs. The experiment is led by North Wyke researcher Jane Hawkins and the site is owned by the BBSRC. Read more about all the sites in our network on our ‘Sites’ page.
Read MoreFollowing the addition of the Rowden Plots long-term drainage facility at North Wyke in Devon to ECT’s register, a new webpage is now available for the experiment. Access the new page for the site background and history, together with an up-to-date publications list and contact information.
Read MoreTwo new publications have emerged from the Peatland-ES-UK long-term cutting/burning experiment on upland blanket bogs in North Yorkshire and Lancashire. Access the publications link on our Peatland-ES-UK webpage.
Read MoreECT is pleased to announce the award of a maintenance grant to PI Mariecia Fraser at IBERS-Aberystwyth, who manages the Brignant Plots LTE at Pwllpeiran in mid-Wales. Mariecia will be using ECT funds for renovation of plot fencing, the site weather station and the network of microclimate sensors. If you are interested in using Brignant LTE as a research platform, see the Brignant webpage.
Read MoreECT’s September newsletter is now published. This issue headlines with the addition of a further experiment to ECT’s register - the Rowden Plots at North Wyke in Devon - and our latest science communication venture into the world of ‘virtual reality ecology’!
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